Korean slang profile
SOC
soc
Social overhead capital
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 사회간접자본 (social overhead capital).
- Expanded form
- 사회간접자본사회간접자본 (social overhead capital)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- May 2, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
지역의 SOC 확충 계획을 주민들에게 설명했다.
I explained the area’s plan to expand SOC to residents.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “사회간접자본” with “SOC”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and English abbreviation in the contemporary article were compared. The full English form and the abbreviation’s first use remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 世銀에 프로젝트 론 요청/4대 공기업 하반기 민영화/기획예산위 (서울신문)Published May 2, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026